can't open a presentation anymore

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One of my student made a presentation and saved it on our 2003 server.
Next time when she was working on her presentation in MS PP 2002, the
file suddenly froze and we had to use the alt+ctrl+del option to close
it.
Since then. the file can't be opened by any PP version.
The message we get is: "The file represented by Ella.ppt can't be
opened". It has happened to a few more students this year.
Can you advise?
Thanks,
Neri (computers administrator)
 
One of my student made a presentation and saved it on our 2003 server.
Next time when she was working on her presentation in MS PP 2002, the
file suddenly froze and we had to use the alt+ctrl+del option to close
it.
Since then. the file can't be opened by any PP version.
The message we get is: "The file represented by Ella.ppt can't be
opened". It has happened to a few more students this year.
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In addition to the suggestions in the link Taj mentions, it might be a good
idea to instruct your students always to work locally; that is, copy PPT files
to their local hard drive, work on them from there, then copy them back to the
network when done.

Tedious? Yes. But it'll help prevent corrupted files due to network problems.
PPT seems more sensitive to these than most apps.
 
Thanks.
I tried importing slides to a new blank presentation, and had no
success, as the new file froze..
I tried looking for temp files but found only MSWord files.
I'll give it another try tomorrow.

I agree with Steve that working on the local drive is the best
solution for the future, by any means!
However I must try to recover this presentation, that was very
special...

Neri, Mevogalil
 
In addition to the suggestions in the link Taj mentions, it might be a good
idea to instruct your students always to work locally; that is, copy PPT files
to their local hard drive, work on them from there, then copy them back to the
network when done.

Tedious? Yes. But it'll help prevent corrupted files due to network problems.
PPT seems more sensitive to these than most apps.

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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
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What can I say? You are absolutely right. Sometimes one has to be told
(by an expert) to do what he felt was right from the beginning, but
wasn't assertive enough to imply it.
Thanks,
Neri
 
Guys, you are great!
I recovered the file by renaming it's tmp file, that I found.
Thanks very much,
Neri
Mevogalil
 
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